JohnLott said:
One benefit of having permits is that it allows you to track how law-abiding general citizens are in carrying concealed handguns.
Could you expound on how having a permit allows tracking of "how [people] are in carrying concealed?"JohnLott said:
I have no problem with Constitutional Carry from a safety perspective, but I am telling you from a practical debating perspective on how to deal with safety issues that the data is on your side, but that the only way you will be able to gather data for some issues regarding carrying is with a permit.
Could you expound on how having a permit allows "[gathering of] data for some issues regarding carrying [concealed]?"
What are some of those "issues" you are referencing and how would that data be collected? I've been carrying for 29 years and have yet to have a contact with LE that involved my gun (except when I carried on the job as a LEO for 3 years). So, the only "data" they (the government) have on me is that I have a carry permit and the info on the application. I'm just sayin'
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In More Guns, Less Crime, The War on Guns, The Bias Against Guns, and in my many op-eds and other writings, I have continually pointed out how extremely law-abiding concealed handgun permit holders are. How do I show that? By comparing the rate that permit holders are convicted or crimes or that they have their permits revoked to the number of permit holders. I can only do that if I know the number of concealed handgun permit holders. It allows me to fight back against claims about the danger of concealed handgun permit holders by Bloomberg's Everytown and groups such as the Violence Policy Center. Here is one of many examples:
In the Hill Newspaper: How gun control advocates play the mainstream media for suckers - Crime Prevention Research Center
Dr. John Lott has his newest piece in The Hill newspaper on fake news in the media. It starts this way: Time-after-time, the New York Times and other publications have repeated the same false claim that concealed handgun permit holders are dangerous. This claim will continue to be made as...
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